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POLICE have launched an appeal to help find a woman who went missing from a Hampshire village. Elizabeth Wright, 59, was last seen in Netley Abbey at around 5.15pm this evening. It is understood that she was driving a black Hyundai Santa Fe

The transfer rumour mill is in overdrive once again, so the Daily Echo is helping all Saints fans keep tabs on who the club has been linked to. Executive director Les Reed has put his foot down and said Saints will not be selling stars Virgil van

A MEDIUM will put on a show in Fareham next month.Jenny Docherty, who has been a practising medium for over 25 years, will take the stage at Ferneham Hall on March 9.Her show starts at 7.30pm in the Octagon Studio Theatre, and tickets are £10.Visit www.fernehamhall.co.uk

A BEACH clean is being held in Hampshire next week.The event has been organised by Porchester Civic Society, in conjunction with the Marine Conservation Society.It will be take place on March 4 at Portchester Foreshore at Alton Grove, at the end of Grove

A BUMPER selection of baby goods will be on offer at a market being held in Fareham.The Little Pickles event is on at Fareham Leisure Centre, in Park Lane, on March 19.Running from 1pm to 2.30pm, the sale will offer prams, maternity items, clothes, shoes

HAD Andy Hessenthaler not lost his job as Leyton Orient last September, Eastleigh boss Richard Hill is convinced the Os would still be in the Football League. But Orient’s loss has been the Spitfires’ gain and Hill will take his seat in the away

A lecturer from the University of Southampton has been nominated for an international film festival award.Dr Simone De Liberato’s three-minute film, ‘Approaching Reality’, is one of ten finalists to be nominated for the Quantum Shorts 2016 Festival.Dr

A TALK on pirates in the 'golden age' will be held in Southampton.Dr Ian Friel will be speaking about Atlantic piracy, from 1683 until 1684, at The GAF Centre, in School Road, on Thursday. Dr Friel will be exploring what happened to a pirate crew

PRE-LOVED baby items will be on offer at a "mini multiples market" being held in Hedge End.The event has been organised by charity Southampton Twins and Supertwins.It will be held at the Drummond Centre on March 12, from 10.30am to 12pm.Baby

A PLAY area in Hampshire will be closed for between three and four weeks.The site, at Lepe Country Park, will be closed from March 6.Play area equipment will be removed and replaced during the closure.Posting on Facebook, the Park said: "We are really

PEOPLE who are 60-years-old and over are being asked to help form a focus group in Southampton.A meeting will be held at the Third Age Centre, in Cranbury Terrace, on Thursday, March 16 for those interested.It will run from 10.30am to noon, and all genders

EASTER themed decorations will be made at a workshop being held in Southampton.The crafty creations will take the shape of eggs, chicks, rabbits and flowers.The ‘Craft 2 Craft’ class will be held at Tools for Self Reliance, at Netley Marsh Workshops in

NAUTICAL items of every shape and size will be sold at a boat jumble in Lymington.The sale, organised by 9th Lymington Sea Scouts, will be held at the Scout Hut in Kings Salterns Road on March 4.It takes place from 9.30am to noon, and entry can be made

A FUN-FILLED night of music and dance will be held in Bishop’s Waltham.The barn dance has been arranged by Bishop's Waltham and District Twinning Association.It will be held at the Jubilee Hall, in Little Shore Lane, on March 4, from 7pm to 11pm.There

A TALK will be given in Eastleigh by a funeral director.Nicky Beach, of AH Rogers Funeral Directors, will lead the presentation at The Pavilion on the Park on Wednesday, March 8.The event, hosted by The Living with Dying Support Group, runs from 6.45pm

A TALK will be given in Eastleigh by a funeral director.Nicky Beach, of AH Rogers Funeral Directors, will lead the presentation at The Pavilion on the Park on Wednesday, March 8.The event, hosted by The Living with Dying Support Group, runs from 6.45pm

SAINTS have handed Japanese defender Maya Yoshida a new three year contract. The centre-back, who celebrates his 29th birthday today, signs a fresh deal until 2020. Negotiations have gone on throughout the summer with Yoshida, whose previous

Fraser Forster has been axed from Gareth Southgate’s latest England squad. The Saints keeper has been left out of the squad to play World Cup qualifying fixtures against Malta and Slovakia. It will be a particularly bitter blow for Forster

TALENTED young street dancers from Shake will travel to Glasgow this weekend to take on the best on the planet at the World Championships.The school trains in Ringwood and Fordingbridge and this Bank Holiday will see three of its teams make the long trip

POLICE have charged a Southampton man after three store were broken into across Hampshire.Billy Collins, 30, of no fixed address, but who is from the Southampton area, has been charged with three offences of burglary other than dwelling with intent to

A BOY was run over by a woman in a mobility scooter in a Hampshire town. Police are investigating the incident, which happened on Anns Hill Road, Gosport. The crash happened between 12.30pm and 1.20pm and officers are keen to hear from anyone

MANAGER Langdown described Tuesday’s 5-0 FA Cup replay win over Fleet Town as “one of the most complete performances I’ve seen from any AFC Totton side in a long time.” Standards were high throughout the Stags line-up, but one player in particular

WINCHESTER City director of football Dave Malone believes manager Craig Davis has put together as good a team as the club could hope for within the confines of their budget. Only a handful of last season’s squad remain and Davis’s new-look side

REVIEW: Vant, The Loft, SouthamptonINDIE-PUNK rock band VANT warmed up for their huge main stage appearances at Reading and Leeds Festivals at a cracking show in Southampton. Frontman Mattie Vant, bassist Billy Morris, lead guitarist Henry Eastham and

By Richard DerbyshireAlbum Review: Live For The Moment by The Sherlocks “A great people’s album by a great people’s band” says Richard DerbyshireFORGED in Yorkshire and beyond, there are seven years of graft and hard work rooted in Live For The Moment

Hyundai IONIQ Plug-In Of all the three versions of Hyundai's IONIQ, the Plug-in variant is arguably the cleverest. Jonathan Crouch takes a look at what's on offer. Ten Second Review The Hyundai IONIQ distinguished itself as the first car

DACIA SANDERO (2013-2017)MODELS COVERED:5-door hatch / Stepway hatch [1.2, 0.9 TCe, 1.5 dCi]BY JONATHAN CROUCHIntroductionA cheap manufacturing base in Eastern Europe was one reason why Renault-owned Romanian brand Dacia is able to offer its cars so cheaply

SEAT LeonMAJOR PILLAR OF THE BRAND LEON GENERATIONSEAT's third generation Leon has sharpened up its act. Jonathan Crouch reports on the improved version.Ten Second ReviewThis facelifted third generation SEAT Leon is a Focus-sized model that now offers

Overall UK GCSE pass rates have fallen this year amid the biggest shake-up of exams in a generation. Among 16-year-olds in England, around 18,600 maths entries scored a 9 - the new highest grade, while almost 31,000 achieved the top mark in the

ANXIOUS students across the county are opening their GCSE results and hoping for good news today. To celebrate the big day, we took a look back in the Daily Echo archives and dug out pictures from results day in 2007. Scroll through the gallery

A WOMAN has died after a crash on a Hampshire road.A man has been arrested and police are appealing for witnesses after the collision near Droxford.Officers were called at 5.05pm on Wednesday evening to an incident involving a Mazda and an Audi on the

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THE nerve-wracking wait is almost over. Teenagers will be collecting their GCSE results today and as if sitting the exams wasn't stressful enough, a new grading system has been introduced this year.But don't worry if you're not sure what'

POLICE have released an image of a man they would like to speak to after an alleged indecent exposure incident in Winchester. A 31-year-old woman had parked her car in Burley Road, Weeke just before 10.15am on Thursday, August 10 when she witnessed

IT WAS once owned by former Beatle Paul McCartney and now it will have pride of place at a popular Hampshire car show.With its unique 64 Mac number plate the shining Aston Martin DB5 will be part of the line up of vintage, classic and modern supercars

YOU’VE probably been up close to them only when feeling unwell on a flight or ferry. But a new exhibition is celebrating the humble sick bag as an art form, going on show in a phone box gallery. Inside the Sick Bag: Curious Collections celebrates

THE majority of Hampshire’s councils are on track to support new government legislation to protect disabled taxi users from discrimination. Three authorities, Southampton City Council, New Forest District Council and Test Valley Borough Council

A HAMPSHIRE council has launched a new handy-person service to help with a range of small jobs around the home for their residents. Eastleigh Borough Council will be one of the first in the county to launch the scheme.It says the new service, which is

FURY has erupted among transport unions after the boss of a Hampshire rail franchise refused to say whether they would retain two people aboard their trains. Andy Mellors, managing director of South Western Trains refused to give guarantees on staffing

A TRIBUTE to the River Test will be on show in a Romsey art gallery later this year.The exhibition will be put on by old friends Pete Gilbert and Hugh Lohan.The collaboration comes after the pair travelled the river banks of the Test together.They were

A HAMPSHIRE council has been named by the government as having ‘concerning air quality levels’.The Environment Agency has named Fareham Borough Council as one of 30 councils in the UK which have excessive levels of nitrogen dioxide, breaching the EU Commissions

FORMER Saint Kevin Davies spoke about his two spells at the clubs as well his views on Mauricio Pellegrino, Virgil van Dijk and what the club could achieve in 2017/18. Before the start of the season, the Daily Echo spoke to Davies. Here's what

The following cases were heard at Southampton Magistrates Court.Prabin Rai, 22, of Burlington Road, Bedford Place, Southampton. Pleaded guilty to failing to comply with sexual offences notification order by failing to notify police of plans to travel

PIONEERING work done by Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service is impressing firefighters from across the world. Fire chiefs from across the globe are flocking to Hampshire to see the new innovative techniques and pioneering work done by the service

DUSAN Tadic believes that it’s just best to forget about Saints’ embarrassing elimination to Championship side Wolves in the League Cup second round. The Serbian reckons that there is no point in dwelling on the 2-0 defeat which saw Saints drop

There has been much talk at Saints of the work the club has undertaken in assembling a squad with genuine depth, capable of adapting to different styles and ready to make the much fabled ‘next step.’ Chairman Ralph Krueger recently explained their

NEW flood defences were officially unveiled at a ceremony in Hampshire yesterday.The new barriers and flood wall are part of the second phase of an enhanced flood protection system in Winchester, with the first stage of the scheme having been completed

THEY are tougher, more “rigorous” exams but early indications are that some Southampton schools are looking at their best ever results today.As head teachers get ready to deal with tears of joy and sorrow, at least three schools have told the Echo this

ONE of Southampton’s most prominent law companies is proposing to cut jobs, the Daily Echo can reveal. Southampton-based BLM, an insurance and dispute resolution firm, has started a consultation process that could mean 29 jobs axed from its volume litigation

FOURTEEN passengers were trapped on a bus after a serious crash in a busy Southampton street yesterday.It happened when the double decker bus they were travelling on collided with a car in Shirley Road.Emergency services rushed to the accident, which

A HAMPSHIRE-based air traffic controller has signed a multi-million-pound deal with an Irish airport.Swanwick-based NATS is teaming up with Belfast International Airport to provide air traffic control and engineering services for the next nine years.

A NEW campaign has been launched to protect the safety of school children on a busy bend. Romsey Youth Voices (RYV) are petitioning the council in a bid to get a puffin crossing installed on the town’s Duttons Road. Every day during term time

ROYAL College of Nursing (RCN) members have paid homage to Florence Nightingale, highlighting the value of nurses and the important role they play in keeping the country healthy.The dignified vigil and dove release was a moment of “quiet reflection” at

A HAMPSHIRE man has avoided jailed after attacking a police officer at Southampton Central railway station.Thomas Gray admitted assaulting a constable at the station, as well as assaulting a man on a train between Southampton and Bournemouth's stations.The

PIONEERING work done by Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service is impressing firefighters from across the world.Fire chiefs from across the globe are flocking to Hampshire to see the new innovative techniques and pioneering work done by the service.Crews from

AN ICONIC Hampshire tree is under threat amid a controversial application to build a new major supermarket.A yew tree in Shirley, which has stood for generations outside the police station in Shirley High Street, could be cut down if retailer giant Lidl

A HAMPSHIRE mum has made a new plea for help after revealing that her nine-year-old daughter needs another life-changing operation.Zara Cullen fears she will have to find as much as £20,000 to fund the physiotherapy and rehabilitation her daughter Keeley

PLANS for a new Red Funnel ferry terminal in Southampton will be brought forward after a controversial scheme for a sister one at East Cowes was given the go-ahead.Following the three-day appeal against the Isle of Wight Council’s refusal of permission

Mauricio Pellegrino admitted it was “one step backward” as his side were dumped out of the Carabao Cup by Wolves - but believes it could have a positive effect as it gives Saints more time to prepare for Premier League games. Saints were beaten

A MAN has been left with a fractured jaw after being attacked near a Southampton pub. Police have launched an appeal for witnesses after the 52-year-old victim was punched in the head by a man in Above Bar Street, near the Spitfire Pub, leaving

PASSENGERS were trapped on a bus which collided with a car in Southampton. The collision involving a double-decker and a Hyundai car took place at the junction of Shirley Road and Cawte Road just before 11.45am yesterday. Hampshire police said

A WOMAN suffered “pain and terror” at the hands of her “armed, angry and drunk” partner after piercing her thigh on spike, a court heard. Andrew Newman forced Charlotte Mitchell to flee a friend’s house and in her panic she became impaled on a

SHOCKING video of the moment a young boy ran into the path of a car at a pedestrian crossing has been released to highlight an important safety message. The mother of the four-year-old, who escaped from the crash with minor injuries, asked police